Now, most of what you’re seeing is really happening in post-production — for now — but the test footage is the precursor for a more integrated system down the road. As it works now, a GoPro is attached to the front of a HTC Vive headset, allowing [Bruton] to record in both realities at the same time. In the VR test area he has set up is a portal to a virtual green room — only a little smaller than a wardrobe — allowing him to superimpose the GoPro footage over everything he looks at through that doorway, as well as everything surrounding him when he steps through. Unfortunately, [Bruton] is not able to see where he’s going if he is to wear the headset, so he’s forced to hold it in one hand and move about the mixed-reality space. Again, this is temporary.

In action — well, it gets a little surreal when he starts tossing digital blocks through the gateway ‘into’ the real world.

Need more? We recently featured another essay into mixed-reality that combines an HTC Vive and a Microsoft Hololens allowing multiple users to interact in the same digital space.

yeah, or take a look at blackmirror, tv show… soldiers are manipulated to fight monster…. except that they are fighting innocent people that the government wants to get rid of… not that i say we must forbid this tech, far from it actually, just that we need to be careful.